Audible sound instrument



Patented Jan. 30, 1923.

BENJAMIN FULTON GARDNER, OF CHICAGO, ILINOIB.

AUDIBLE SOUND INSTRUIENT.

Application led August 4, 1921. Serial N0. 489,897.

To whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FULTON l GARDNER, a citizen of the United States,

residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Audible Sound Instruments, of which the followingl is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accom*- panying drawings forming a part of this specification. I

Primarily the object of my invention 1s tc easily and quickly determine the quantity of oil in a tank that contains both oil and water. As the water line beneath lthe oil is not visible various means are used to enable a gager to obtain the data necessary for his report. The large wooden tanks in 011 fields are kept as nearly full of fluid as possible, in order to protect them, otherwise they would dry outcausing leakage at the stave joints. The water content is' frequently greater than that of the oil. O11 pumped `.from the well holds Water in suspension.

Again, oil and water in varying proportions reach the tank from the Well. It is necessary to draw the water off or remove samples of the fluid at various points in order to estimate the content of oil upon the water. Unless oil in tank is ready to be run into the pipe lines it is not customary to discharge the water; and as gagers with their sampling apparatus are not on the ground, the operator or pumper is unable to report so many barrels of oil in tank, or tank ready to be run. The more facile sounding of the wa'ter-linein tanks is the object of my invention.

To the above ends, the invention consists in matters hereinafter described and more -particularly pointed out in the appended at the line 3, of Fig. 1, showing a telephone receiver mounted in thereel with conductors embedded in tape spooled thereon.

Figure 4, is a broken-face view of a ortion of the tape showing the wires em dded therein.

Fig. 5, is a vertical, sectional view ofthe plummet showing sectional views of galvanic elements therein.

F1g. 6 is a top View of said plummet showin an insulating part upon which the ga vanic elements are mounted, said part perforated so that fluid can freely circulate through said plummet and energize or deenergize the galvanic elements therein.

The operation ofmy invention, which I term a Telesound,.'is obviously simple. To illustrate: The pumper or field boss is required to report oil in tank. He goes upon the tank, connects the plummet to the line,

unreels a few feet of the tape, places the receiver to this ear, lowers the plummet into the fluid and slowly allows it to descend. When passing through the oil, the phone or signal, if it is a buzzer or bell, issilent. When the water-line is reached and the plummet is but a fraction of an inch in the brine, a loud click is heard, current is generated and the telephone receiver is in action. At this point the operator notes the oil-mark on the scale. Assume the click is heard when the tape-scale indicates 3', 6". To check the gage he raises the' plummet an inch-the phone is silent-it is out of the salt Water and into oil. Further, he is required to report the sediment as it is called by well workers. After noting the content of oil, the plummet is allowed to descend through the water strata; a continuous humming is heard. The phone is in violent action so long as the plummet is in contact with the salt water. The humming noise ceases, or the density of the sound is lowered. The tape now shows 6', 1, the plummet has reached the sediment and the soapy emulsion interferes with the galvanic action of the elements. rIhe plummet is lowered through this jelly-like sediment to the tank bottom and the tape shows 6', 10". In this case the operators report would show: Tank No. 1.--211-'-barrels per inch.

Oil; three feet, six inches; water; two feet,

stated in barrels and fractions of a barrel or allons. The linear measure is translate by the tank-chart into the liquid meas? ure used in the oil trade.

Having described my invention, what I- claim as new, and desire to have covered by Letters Patent ist-,-

An audible. sound instrument comprising' a tape-line with suitable measuring scale, a case, a telephone receiver pivotally mounted in said case, said tapeline spooled upon said telephone receiver and means to rotate said 

